MacCalla and Co: Philadelphia, 1908. Illustr, 8.5 x 5.5, stapled wraps, 120 pp. Covers sunned, light creasing, staples rusty, small tear bottom of spine else good/very good. Some of the offerings: marriage certificates, bibles, prayer cards, Sunday school certificates, bookmarks, communion service, fairy wings. More
np (Calendar Publications: NY), nd (c. 1590's?). B/W photos of nude women, 5.25 x 4", colored pict stapled wraps, (24)pp, covers with minor edge wear and creases else a nice copy. "No. 3" With "Technical Data" for number 2. More
Calendar Publ.: NY, nd. Photos of nude women (mostly outdoors), 5.25 x 4.25", pict stapled wraps, (28)pp, covers a little edge-worn, couple of corners bumped, old price sticker on front cover else a nice copy. Adults only. More
Chicago 1920. 13 x 10", wraps, 110pp, color & b/w illus, covers creased with a few sm. tears, spine cover peeling, torn & fraying, rear e.p. loose & badly chipped, interior spine strip peeling, tears, offsetting, news. article taped to an illus, occasion. More
Includes: blank pages at both ends, illustrated listings of hinges, locks, levels, axes, 178pp of Reading Hardware Manufacturing Co., of tools, pulleys, hooks, cabinet door latches, Britannia Spoons, 6pp catalog of O.L. Gridley illustrated price list of Lanterns, etc., etc. Covers beat, spine split, sold as is. Wonderful archive... More
Paris, 1962. Photos, 7.5 x 5.5, wraps, 123+ pp, slight cover fade else ok. More
HOMOture: San Francisco, 1992. Illus., 10.5 x 8", pict stapled wraps, unpaginated. Covers have light creasing and soiling, tear near bottom of spine, contents very good. Adult content. More
Silver Spring, MD. Cartoons, 7.5 x 5", pict stapled wraps, unpaged, covers a bit worn. More
Johnson Smith: Detroit, MI, nd. Paperback. 7.5 x 5", pict wraps, 32pp of text with about the same of ads, covers rubbed, creased, soiled and torn, contents toned with some foredge margin tears. Chapters include "How to Know That You are Really in Love", "First Advances", "Courting an Old Maid"..... More
The Hygeno Disinfectant Co: Cleveland, OH nd (c. 1906). Illus, 7 x 5", pict stapled wraps, 23pp+index, covers a tad soiled, contents good+. "Your Share of $175,000,000" on cover. Ink stamp of H. C. Stevenson, Druggist, So. Lyon, Mich on back cover. Takes care of sheep (including foot rot), goats..... More
Pittsburgh Instrument and Machine Co: Pittsburgh, nd. Illustr, 9 x 6, stapled wraps, 48 pp. Covers moderately worn, creased, soiling, lacking tips of two corners, staples rusty, text block detached from one (of two) staples, contents have light creasing else good. Triangles, plumb rules, instruments of precision, engineer's dumpy level..... More
Joseph Breck & Sons: Boston 1903. Illus, 11 x 8", cloth, 350pp, covers stained, heavily soiled, hinges broken, edges frayed, occasional smudging. More
(Pro Fun Media: Frankfort, Germany), (1999). Hardcover. Photos, 9.5 x 7", glossy pict boards, minor shelf wear else a nice, clean, fresh copy. Erotic photography. More
(Pro Fun Media: Frankfort, Germany), (1999). Hardcover. Photos, 9.5 x 7", glossy pict boards, minor shelf wear else a nice, clean, fresh copy. Erotic photography. More
Collector's Press: Paris & Hamburg, (1950s?). Explicit S&M illus., 8.25 x 6.5", 58pp. Light wear, creasing and soiling else good to very good. Adult subject matter. More
C.C. Hine: NY, 1877. Photos (majority are heliotrope, one albertype), 1 architect rendering, 12 x 9.5, stamped cloth with gilt lettering and decoration; v, 312 (including ads). Almost disbound, covers poor, ink name, pencil inscription, large pieces torn out of front blank page and two ads, smudging, soiling, tears, browning..... More
Chicago and Philadelphia n.d. (circa late 1890s.). Illus, 11 x 8.5", wraps, unpaged, printed on pulp paper, back cover 40% lacking, front cover edge-chipped, spine with three strips of cello tape, last few pp. edge chipped & torn, but wonderful catalog w. More
Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Research Foundation: Toronto, Canada. 1961. Illustr by Malcolm Ater, 6.5 x 5, pict stapled self wraps, 30 pp, some corners bent, whole item toned (pulp paper), old ident info on back cover inked-out else a nice, sharp item, with "Supported by Short-Doyle Funding" inkstamp on cover..... More
Jaybird Enterprises: North Hollywood, CA, nd (1966). Paperback. Color and black and white illustrations, 10.5 x 8", pict color wraps, 62, 62, 62pp, covers have light wear, creasing and rubbing, light spotting on edges, contents very good condition. Loaded with pictorial essays, mainly black and white of nude men and..... More
Also includes an inside cover photo of Betty (sic) Page. Illustr, 6 x 4, pict stapled wraps, (66pp). Covers creased and soiled with a few light red stains on the back, rusty staples, contents toned, lightly creased, damp smell else good. Other articles: "The Shocking Truth about Lover Boys," "Strip..... More
D. Reidel Publishing Co.: Dordrecht, (1985). Hardcover. 9 x 6", boards, 380pp with indexes, covers rubbed, extremities bumped, edges of textblock yellowed, in a rubbed, extremity-worn and unevenly sunned dustjacket. Synthese Historical Library Volume 27. SCARCE. More
Syracuse, nd (1920). Illustr, folded 9 x 4 & expands to 9 x 8, 12 pp, light soiling, creasing, small tears, torn along outer edge (on the fold) lacking tip of lower front left corner (tip is present) else good. In addition to pictures of various harrow, there is a...... More
Johnson, Smith & Co.: Detroit, MI, 1938. Illus., 7.75 x 5", pict wraps, 572pp + index, covers quite worn and creased with a couple of edge chips, spine creased and cocked, pp toned and used, but still a great example of this novelty catalogue. More
Johnson Smith: Detroit, MI, 1947. Illus., 8 x 5", pict. wraps, 475pp + index + pp, covers lightly rubbed and wrinkled, rear cover with light ink mark from printer, pp toned (as usual), but you'll never see a better preserved copy! More
Kimber & Sharpless: Philadelphia, 1841. 9.5 x 6, full leather, black spine label, spine is gilt ruled with gilt lettering, ("56"). Covers well worn, stained, scratched, scuffed/scraped, corners bumped and worn, upper spine tip bumped, worn and torn, lacks most of lower spine tip, vertical line down the center due..... More